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  GREEN 
  JAPANESE 
  PHEASANT 
  

   Phasianus 
  versicolor 
  Vieillot 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  second 
  full 
  species 
  of 
  its 
  genus, 
  found 
  only 
  in 
  Japan, 
  and 
  showing 
  remarkable 
  little 
  variation. 
  

   As 
  it 
  prefers 
  lowlands 
  to 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  mountains, 
  it 
  is 
  seldom 
  found 
  far 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  coast, 
  and 
  it 
  chooses 
  

   to 
  visit 
  the 
  gardens 
  of 
  the 
  farms 
  rather 
  frequently. 
  

  

  The 
  last 
  view 
  I 
  had 
  of 
  Kiji 
  in 
  their 
  native 
  home 
  was 
  on 
  a 
  perfect 
  day 
  in 
  Kagoshima. 
  I 
  was 
  returning 
  

   from 
  a 
  long 
  day's 
  tramp 
  after 
  Ijima's 
  Copper 
  Pheasants, 
  when 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  minutes 
  a 
  splendid 
  cock 
  Green 
  

   Pheasant 
  stood 
  outlined 
  at 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  a 
  gentle 
  rise. 
  The 
  setting 
  was 
  : 
  the 
  deep 
  blue 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  

   bay, 
  the 
  pale 
  blue 
  of 
  the 
  sky, 
  the 
  clear 
  green 
  of 
  graceful, 
  aged 
  pines, 
  while 
  over 
  all 
  towered 
  the 
  majestic, 
  

   purpled 
  cone 
  of 
  Sakuragima. 
  

  

  